Burm/ball hybrid

snake man12 · 06-26-12, 09:07 PM

I wan't one. Any info would be appreciated. Isn't it beautiful?

The BurmBall Burmese x Ball python Hybrid - YouTube

infernalis · 06-26-12, 09:24 PM

Personally, My feelings are this..... That abomination poses a threat to the true royals, since many states are banning giants, the moment giant BP's become common, it's entirely possible, or maybe even likely that they will modify the bans.

Come on people.. what exactly does this crossing accomplish?? the hobby is suffering already without giant Royals in the picture.

snake man12 · 06-26-12, 09:25 PM

That is true but we don't know how big they get? I read in the youtube comments the snake was an accident

jaleely · 06-26-12, 10:04 PM

That was clearly done on purpose.

infernalis · 06-26-12, 10:14 PM

and it clearly looks to have inherited the size gene from the Burm.

dave himself · 06-26-12, 11:22 PM

I dont really see the point of crossing a ball and burm. But I think the retic X burms are stunning imo

CDN_Blood · 06-27-12, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by infernalis

Personally, My feelings are this..... That abomination poses a threat to the true royals, since many states are banning giants, the moment giant BP's become common, it's entirely possible, or maybe even likely that they will modify the bans.

Come on people.. what exactly does this crossing accomplish?? the hobby is suffering already without giant Royals in the picture.

I agree 100%. It's not secret that I think that any & all hybrids are abominations and it makes me *so* angry that anyone would even consider them, let alone create them. It's entirely unethical and unnatural. If it were up to me, creating hybrids would be criminalized and they existing hybrids would be destroyed in order to preserve original genetic codes.

Gungirl · 06-27-12, 04:40 AM

I don't understand how breeding 2 snakes is an accident. If you put a male and female together they will breed 99% of the time. Accident my butt....

stevenrudge · 06-27-12, 05:07 AM

l had a bust up on other forum about hybrid Burms/African Rocks--but this is even more stupid and TBH dangerous to the hobby,some people can see no further than their nose,the guy who's done this has/will lose a lot of respect with this

StudentoReptile · 06-27-12, 05:12 AM

I don't agree with it either.

But surprisingly, this cross has been around for a while. Its not exactly new news.

DeesBalls · 06-27-12, 05:19 AM

dont agree with it, one more thing for the press and media to see is now a "burmese python can breed with other snakes, making all super snakes" or some noncense like that.

yea, how was it an accident? lol

i will say, it was a cool looking snake though, but still dont see why to do it.

stevenrudge · 06-27-12, 05:50 AM

The issue with hybrids is quite simple
1-we are polluting the captive gene poll of species /Taxa that we are not sure we will be able to replace in the future
2- can we trust hobbyist to be responsible with accurately recording and tracking the resulting hybrid offspring?if we look at our track record of colour morphing the only answer we can honestly give is no
3- Just because we can do's not mean that we should,with our hobby under constant attack we need all the friends we can get,we need to show that we our responsible,and by producing rep's just because we think that they look cool and are not interested in the long term harm that this do's then we are showing that we are not

KORBIN5895 · 06-27-12, 06:09 AM

This reminds me of that movie where they crossed a cobra and a rattlesnake....

GarterPython · 06-27-12, 07:35 AM

You have to admit it is awesome! I don't agree with it either but this guy is something. He looks awesome.

StudentoReptile · 06-27-12, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

This reminds me of that movie where they crossed a cobra and a rattlesnake....

I have encountered a handful of people who INSISTED they had a red-tailed boa x ball python cross that they bred themselves. Sometimes the only response I can give is....[after rolling eyes/raised eye brow] "So anyway..."